Unpopular Fandom Opinion
Don’t feel guilty if you can’t comment on fics. You are not the shittiest fan on earth and you aren’t tearing the writer’s heart out and stomping on it while you read free fiction without “paying.”
Look I don’t care why you don’t comment. But if you sit there after reading my fic and feel a sense of dread while looking at a blank comment form, then do us both a favor and just hit the kudos button. I want you to be entertained. I want you to walk away smiling or…idk turned on or, really, anything positive. If all you feel is guilt, how is that fun for anyone?
Seconded. I love comments as much as anyone, especially on WIPs to signal that people are still reading. But I’m very grateful for kudos. I know others may feel differently and really need comments, but kudos are enough for me. Comments that say “+1″ or “chapter kudos” are enough. I agree with @telesilla, I treasure comments if you feel moved to leave them, but I don’t want anyone to stress out over them.
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life is honestly too short to be embarrassed over anything that sparks even a little happiness in you
Is it just me or is the “body positive” movement not working? Like at all?
Other people have said this before/better, but the problem was presenting all women as beautiful as opposed to eliminating the need for women to be beautiful
It’s not working because the focus is STILL on trying to view yourself as attractive no matter how you look, instead of (as stated above) eliminating the need to feel “attractive.“
The body positive movement SHOULD be focused on bodily autonomy and taking care of your health. The best way to be “positive” toward your body is to treat it well, not by repeating some “I am beautiful” mantra over and over. You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t have to see yourself as pretty. Others don’t have to see you as pretty. PRETTY IS NOT IMPORTANT. Pretty is not your worth. You exist for you, not for anyone else’s gaze.
“Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.”
But honestly, why do writers think folks want unnecessary drama involved in their otps? Especially if they are together? I don’t want inside drama. I want them to conquer exterior drama together while communicating well.
What I tend to see happening more and more is people retreating into their own corners. People seem scared to get things wrong or be shouted at so they form villages in which they agree with every other member, and maybe they go out and shout at the people in the next village for fun, but there’s no interchange of ideas going on. I think we have to encourage the idea that you’re allowed to think things. I have thought a great many stupid things over the years, and I can tell you that there’s not one stupid thing that I ever thought where I changed my mind because someone shouted at me or threatened to kill me. On the other hand, having great discussions with good friends, possibly over a drink, has definitely changed my mind and made me try to do better. You’re allowed to do better, but we have to let people do better.
http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-neil-gaiman-20160616-snap-story.html
I said this a couple of weeks ago. Am really feeling it today.
(via eleclya)
listen I didn’t come here to ship it lightly ok I came here for it to consume my soul
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